1985 Clare County Council election

An election to Clare County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 32 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a six-year term of office.

1985 Clare County Council election

20 June 1985
All 32 seats to Clare County Council
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 17 8 2 Seat change - -1 -   Party Independent Seats won 5 Seat change +2
Map showing the area of Clare County Council
Council control before election Fianna Fáil Council control after election Fianna Fáil

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	17	-	23,382	53.52%
	Fine Gael	8	-1	10,232	23.42%
	Labour	2	-	2,256	5.16%
	Independent	5	+2	7,629	17.46%
Totals		32	+1	43,393	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ennis

Ennis - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Tommy Brennan		1,007
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Barrett		827	845	864	892	917
	Fianna Fáil	Bobby Burke		673	693	716	741	777	825
	Fine Gael	Michael Howard*		627	648	679	772	1,044
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Considine		606	627	642	661	691	742
	Fine Gael	Angela Coughlan		334	345	368	422
	Labour	Flan Honan		228	238	280
	Workers' Party	Dermot Hayes		186	194
Electorate: 8,261   Valid: 4,488 (55.11%)   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 898   Turnout: 4,553

Ennistymon

Ennistymon - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Killeen		1,284
	Fine Gael	Frank Henchy*		1,120	1,127	1,134	1,472
	Fianna Fáil	Enda Mulkere		1,029	1,052	1,060	1,081	1,128	1,135	1,440
	Labour	Martin Lafferty*		1,027	1,036	1,043	1,216
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Nagle*		932	951	955	1,009	1,057	1,086	1,730
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Lynch*		887	946	956	994	1,044	1,062
	Fine Gael	Bill Slattery		645	649	652
	Independent	Joseph Meehan		47	48
Electorate: 9,782   Valid: 6,971 (71.72%)   Spoilt: 45   Quota: 1,162   Turnout: 7,016

Killaloe

Killaloe - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	John Minogue*		1,545
	Fianna Fáil	Colm Wiley*		1,385
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Gorman		1,295	1,360
	Fine Gael	Patrick Bugler*		1,208	1,266	1,497
	Fine Gael	Tony McMahon*		1,197	1,221	1,248	1,278	1,286
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Begley		1,038	1,044	1,131	1,150	1,201
	Fianna Fáil	Harry Brannn*		885	900	1,251	1,361
	Fianna Fáil	Eoin Maloney		726	777
Electorate: 13,372   Valid: 9,279 (69.89%)   Spoilt: 367   Quota: 1,326   Turnout: 9,346

Kilrush

Kilrush - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Kelly		1,099	1,106	1,203	1,219	1,220	1,275
	Fianna Fáil	Bill Chambers		1,084	1,108	1,234	1,280
	Fine Gael	Madeleine Taylor-QuinnTD*		955	1,079	1,091	1,213	1,217	1,301
	Fine Gael	Jackie Keane*		872	923	1,039	1,059	1,061	1,081	1,085	1,452
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Keating*		820	846	877	998	1,006	1,135	1,143	1,249
	Independent	William O'Looney		756	771	772	803	804	991	1,021	1,090	1,157
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Flynn		562	584	625	660	666
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Foran*		556	585	594	693	700	816	819	866	901
	Independent	Sean Maloney		551	585	589
	Fine Gael	Sean Ryan		547	607	682	726	730	771
	Fianna Fáil	Timmy McMahon		514	519
	Fine Gael	Annette Burke		410
Electorate: 11,784   Valid: 8,726 (74.54%)   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 1,247   Turnout: 8,784

Miltown-Malbay

Miltown-Malbay - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	P.J. Burke*		1,408
	Independent	Christy Curtin*		1,249
	Fianna Fáil	James Breen		1,038	1,082	1,102	1,128	1,147	1,320
	Fianna Fáil	Flan Garvey		974	1,010	1,024	1,044	1,053	1,133
	Fine Gael	Donal CareyTD*		883	908	929	1,175
	Fianna Fáil	Haulie Daly		756	767	788	794	798	830
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hillery		617	668	672	752	792	1,165
	Fianna Fáil	Timothy Sexton		603	657	659	707	736
	Fine Gael	P.J. Meade		404	436	447
	Independent	Basil Minihane		65	69
	Independent	Frank McTigue		36	39
Electorate: 11,177   Valid: 8,033 (72.42%)   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 1,148   Turnout: 8,094

Shannon

Shannon - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Pat McMahon*		1,103
	Labour	Patricia McCarthy*		1,001	1,006	1,026	1,074
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Driscoll		977	991	1,002	1,015	1,103
	Fianna Fáil	PJ Cunningham		568	586	631	632	648	662	705	769
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Hillery		544	561	577	593	636	666	702	863	1,267
	Fine Gael	Sonny Scanlon		419	421	446	519	526	528	790	868	1,050
	Independent	John Murray		404	407	427	427	540	554	594
	Fine Gael	Mary Donnelly		382	390	409	440	454	457
	Independent	Brigid Makowski		372	372	380	382
	Fine Gael	Joan Reddan		229	231	237
	Independent	JJ McCabe		189	191
Electorate: 9,767   Valid: 6,188 (63.36%)   Quota: 1,032   Turnout:

External links

• Official website
• irishelectionliterature
• Department of the Environment, Ireland (28 January 2010). "Local elections, 1985 : election results and transfer of votes in respect of each county, and county borough council : and election statistics relating to all local authorities" (PDF). Department of the Environment. Retrieved 28 October 2019.